PHILADELPHIA — The deadline for the Sixers to file an official grievance with the NBA concerning the officiating handed, however their gripes about it led to an amazing free-throw disparity of their favor of their Recreation 3 win over the Knicks.
The Sixers tried 33 free throws — 14 greater than the Knicks did — together with a 19-for-21 evening from the stripe by Joel Embiid of their 125-114 victory.
“I’ll have a look at it once more, and I’ll ship my clips in like I do each recreation and so they’ll say, ‘marginal contact,’ after which we’ll have marginal contact on Embiid and he’ll be on the line 21 instances,” Tom Thibodeau stated. “In order that’s the way in which it really works.”
The NBA acknowledged in the future after the Knicks’ frantic Recreation 2 victory that Josh Hart and Jalen Brunson ought to have been known as for fouls on Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey forward of Donte DiVincenzo’s 3-pointer that put the Knicks forward with 13 seconds to go.
The Sixers threatened to file a grievance with the league, and coach Nick Nurse railed towards not being granted timeouts in that sequence, which the league additionally confirmed ought to have been given.
“We knew what Recreation 3 was going to be. Come on, now. We knew, particularly how Recreation 2 ended,” Hart stated. “We knew what it was going to be. Am I stunned? Under no circumstances. On the finish of the day, now we’ve simply obtained to maneuver on.”
Embiid may have been ejected for a flagrant foul known as towards him for grabbing Mitchell Robinson’s leg on a dunk try within the first quarter.
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He additionally was known as for an offensive foul when he kneed Isaiah Hartenstein within the groin as he moved off the ball.
When requested what he thought of Embiid’s flagrant foul, Thibodeau responded, “Which one? The one they known as or the one they didn’t name?